Composer: Friedrich Hermann
Performer: Abigail Karr
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata Classics
Catalogue: TOCC0738
Release: 2024
Size: 1.17 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Miniatures, Op. 19 Vol. 1
01. No. 1, March
02. No. 2, Song
03. No. 3, Rococo
04. No. 4, Rondino
05. No. 5, Funeral March
06. No. 6, Mail Coach
07. No. 7, Idyll
08. No. 8, Humoresque
09. No. 9, Elegy
10. No. 10, On the Lake
Miniatures, Op. 19 Vol. 2
11. No. 11, Round Dance
12. No. 12, March
13. No. 13, Ländler
14. No. 14, Lament
15. No. 15, Quarrel –
16. No. 16, Reconciliation
17. No. 17, Tambourin
18. No. 18, Scherzo
19. No. 19, Duet
20. No. 20, Kalospinthechromokrene
Violin School
21. No. 78, Exercise for the Chromatic Scale
Special Studies, Op. 24
22. No. 19, Exercise on Nuances
23. No. 30, Exercise on the Shake
24. No. 25, For attaining strength in bowing
25. No. 7, Exercise on Equality of Bowing
The German violinist, violist and composer Friedrich Hermann (1828–1907) spent the six decades of his adult life teaching at the Leipzig Conservatoire and, although his works include a symphony, a string quartet and numerous other chamber pieces for strings, by far the largest part of his output is pedagogical in nature. But he pumped his teaching pieces full of imagination, as the studies here demonstrate. Even though the twenty Miniatures published in 1881 are intended for student violinists, many of them are tiny tone-poems intended both to engage the attention of their players and challenge their techniques – and their mix of poetry and humour should also appeal to adult listeners.